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Senator Vance Joins Steve Bannon to Discuss Ukraine War, Border Funding

By Buckeye Reporter News Service | Dec 15, 2023

Senator JD Vance (R-OH) joined Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast to discuss President Zelensky’s visit to Washington, the war in Ukraine, and funding for America’s southern border.

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Ohio Earns Coveted “AAA/Aaa/AAA” Ratings from All Three Major Credit Bureaus

By Buckeye Reporter News Service | Dec 15, 2023

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Ohio Office of Budget and Management (OBM) Director Kimberly Murnieks announced that S&P Global Ratings upgraded the state’s issuer default and general obligation bond ratings to “AAA,” citing Ohio’s demonstrated commitment to active budget management, building and maintaining reserves, significant state-supported economic diversification efforts, and a belief that the state can maintain better credit characteristics than the U.S. in a stress scenario.

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Senators Vance, Hawley & Cotton Raise Concerns to Commerce Secretary Regarding Chinese & Vietnamese Product Dumping

By Buckeye Reporter News Service | Dec 14, 2023

“Decades ago, our leaders believed that they could draw a communist-led nation into the American order through economic integration. They were convinced that economic policy was the handmaiden of foreign policy and that trade concessions would induce market reforms and then political reforms. That strategy failed. It never delivered its promised liberalization—instead, it impoverished hundreds of thousands of Americans and enriched the government of the People’s Republic of China. We would be foolish to repeat the same mistake.”

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Ohio First State in Nation to Activate NEVI Chargers

By Buckeye Reporter News Service | Dec 14, 2023

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced that Ohio's first electric vehicle (EV) charger funded through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program is now online, making Ohio the first state in the nation to activate a NEVI charger.

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Governor DeWine, Lt. Governor Husted Announce Saturday as Columbus Crew Day

By Buckeye Reporter News Service | Dec 13, 2023

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted announced that Saturday, December 9, 2023, will be recognized as Columbus Crew Day in Ohio.

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Senator Vance Joins Cnn’s Jake Tapper to Discuss the War in Ukraine

By Buckeye Reporter News Service | Dec 13, 2023

Senator JD Vance joined CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, including the debate over further aid funding.

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Vance Demands Answers From Stellantis Ceo Regarding Toledo Layoffs

By Buckeye Reporter News Service | Dec 13, 2023

Senator JD Vance (R-OH) is demanding answers from Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis, regarding the company’s announcement of nearly 1,200 layoffs at the Jeep Assembly Complex in Toledo, Ohio.

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Governor DeWine Announces New H2Ohio Wetland Projects

By Buckeye Reporter News Service | Dec 12, 2023

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Director Mary Mertz today announced $8.2 million in grants to support 12 new wetland projects.

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Senator Vance Raises Concerns to Incoming Osu President Over Discriminatory Dei Initiatives

By Buckeye Reporter News Service | Dec 11, 2023

“Some of the poorest counties in our state are in the Appalachian region, a region that is disproportionately white, and suffers from a host of socioeconomic problems at higher rates than the country at large. I wonder how many poor children have come to Ohio State as I did—first in their family to go to college and wonderstruck by the campus’s beauty and infinite possibilities—only to learn that they are ‘privileged’ because of the color of their skin.”

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Governor DeWine Announces $16.7 Million for H2Ohio Water Infrastructure Projects

By Buckeye Reporter News Service | Dec 9, 2023

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio EPA Director Anne M. Vogel announced $16.7 million in H2Ohio water infrastructure grants for 14 projects across the state.

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Governor DeWine Announces Ohio Receives “Aaa” Credit Upgrade From Moody’s

By Buckeye Reporter News Service | Dec 8, 2023

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Ohio Office of Budget and Management (OBM) Director Kimberly Murnieks announced today that the credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service upgraded Ohio’s Issuer Rating to “Aaa” from “Aa1” citing a “continuing trend of very strong financial management, improving reserves and liquidity, low and declining leverage and a state economy that is poised for diversification and growth.”

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Senator Vance Introduces Legislation to Crack Down on Unlawful Discrimination in Higher Education

By Buckeye Reporter News Service | Dec 8, 2023

Senator JD Vance (R-OH) and Congressman Jim Banks (R-IN-03) have introduced the College Admissions Accountability Act, which would require universities to respect applicants’ constitutional rights and comply with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. The legislation would condition eligibility for federal student assistance and institutional aid on universities’ adherence to the Equal Protection Clause and Title VI prohibitions on racial discrimination or racial preferences.

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Governor DeWine Nominates Cornyn to be Director of the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

By Buckeye Reporter News Service | Dec 7, 2023

Governor DeWine today announced that he is nominating LeeAnne Cornyn, his deputy chief of staff, to be the director of the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

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Vance & Tuberville: Americans No Longer Support Aid for Ukraine. Neither Should the Senate.

By Buckeye Reporter News Service | Dec 7, 2023

“The fact that weapons of war are made in America does not justify sending them abroad, and a $100 billion foreign aid package is not pro-worker manufacturing policy.”

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Governor DeWine Orders Flags Lowered on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

By Buckeye Reporter News Service | Dec 7, 2023

In honor of the lives lost on December 7, 1941 in the attack on Pearl Harbor, and in accordance with orders from the President of the United States, Governor DeWine has ordered that the flags of the United States and the state of Ohio be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout the state of Ohio from midnight to midnight on December 7, 2023

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Governor DeWine Statement on Death of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

By Buckeye Reporter News Service | Dec 6, 2023

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issued the following statement following the death of former United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor:

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Senator Vance Opens Office in Hometown of Middletown, Ohio

By Buckeye Reporter News Service | Dec 6, 2023

Senator JD Vance (R-OH) announced the opening of a new office in his hometown of Middletown, Ohio. The office will focus on delivering constituent services throughout Southwest Ohio.

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Governor DeWine Signs Executive Order 2023-12D

By Buckeye Reporter News Service | Dec 5, 2023

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed Executive Order 2023-12D, which further defines the single occupancy room Medicaid reimbursement process for nursing facilities in alignment with the Nursing Home Quality and Accountability Task Force recommendations and the 24-25 state operating budget.

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State Secures $110 Million Settlement with DuPont for Environmental Restoration Along Ohio River

By Buckeye Reporter News Service | Dec 4, 2023

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced a proposed $110 million settlement with DuPont over chemical contamination spanning seven decades from the company’s Washington Works facility in Parkersburg, W.Va., just across the border from Washington County, Ohio.

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New Ohio Homebuyer Plus Savings Program to Launch in January

By Buckeye Reporter News Service | Nov 30, 2023

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Treasurer Robert Sprague announced details of the Ohio Homebuyer Plus program, a new savings account plan designed to encourage homeownership in Ohio.